On a different note of amusement.
An acquaintance is super excited that I'm posting BookTubes again, because he feels this is an area where he can provide unsolicited feedback re: how I stage myself, mostly based on his love for a range of YT pundits.
I'm long past getting insulted by unsolicited advice, but it is amusing to hear his suggestions that I focus on performance gimmicks and his hints at makeup (absolutely not), when I'm plainly working on developing consistently thoughtful content.
Unsolicited advice is weird, @MLClark
It REALLY is!
But also - why let the person giving it live rent-free in my head? Being insulted by it just means letting them take up even more of my precious time and energy than their original comment already did. 😉
It's like a poorly-veiled 'humble brag' @MLClark
"Because I'm a self-proclaimed expert at this, let me share my knowledge with you, and show you what a genius I am!" 🙄
💯. Although, when it happens, I also find myself worrying about whether *I* come off like that to any others. I hope not, but tripping into error is always a possibility.
(So do feel free to swat me with a newspaper if you ever catch me doing that here, eh? Or a spritz bottle! 😅 "It knocks it off with the ego-driven commentary on someone else's creative content, or else it gets the hose again!")
So far, so good, @MLClark 👍 🙂